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The once famous Russian Jewish millionaire, Chaimovitz, of Petrograd died a pauper yesterday at the age of 60 in the Riga Municipal Infirmary. Without kin or friend, it was due to the efforts of the Riga Bikur Cholim Society that his body was claimed from the University dissection room and buried in the Jewish cemetery.
Before the war Chaimovitz owned the largest canneries in Russia, employing 3,000 workers, Notables of society attended his famous dinners and balls in the thirty rooms of his castle. After the revolution Chaimovitz fled from the country, penniless. At first his old friends assisted him, but through despair he turned to drink and sank to lowly state of a street beggar. Chaimovitz’s wife, from whom he had been separated for many years, lives in Italy with their daughter who is married to a Christian. No relatives attended the funeral.
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